[LUAU] SMP kernel wierdness

[Brian Chee]

hmmm....hard to answer...I just downloaded the network install for debian 64
and it just worked. Same for RHEL 64.

Default bios config using the onboard tyan SATA controller to a single
drive. More detail once I can boot up the machine...everything is torn apart
in my lab as I move.

/brian chee

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Thompson" <jim at netgate.com>
To: "LUAU" <luau at lists.hosef.org>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LUAU] SMP kernel wierdness


> *which* smp kernel?  The "one that comes with centos"?   centos4? (which
> comes with a patched 2.6.9 kernel)
> *what* are the h/w configs?
>
> maybe some bootlog love?
>
> Does Monarch (or the mobo vendor) have a BIOS upgrade, by chance?
>
> jim
>
> Charles Lockhart wrote:
>
> >My workplace just got a bunch of dual athlon 64 x2 machines that we're
loading centos 4.x on and using to replace our older Sun machines.
Unfortunately, we get wierd behaviors when running the SMP kernels.  Bursty
keyboard interrupts (you can be typing just fine when suddenly the system
speeds up and iiiiiiiiiittttttttt'''''''''l look likeeeee ttttttthhhhhhhis)
and timing issues (the system clock seems to gain 7 minutes every hour).
> >
> >Switch to the single processor kernel and all the problems go away.
> >
> >Some of them are from Monarch Computer Systems, which supposedly puts out
pretty reliable Linux boxes.  Others are from other vendors, but the same
hardware configs.  All have wierd behaviors with the SMP kernel.
> >
> >Any recommendations?  Computer related I mean.  Right now considering how
much we have going on we're thinking of just punting and hoping it'll go
away with a later kernel update.
> >
> >-Charles
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